"The Graveyard by the Sea"

"The Graveyard by the Sea" is a painting created by the German artist Caspar David Friedrich around 1810. It depicts a desolate, atmospheric landscape where a solitary graveyard sits near a turbulent sea, filled with dark, brooding clouds. The scene evokes themes of mortality, the transient nature of life, and the inevitability of death, blending the somber cemetery with the powerful forces of nature. Friedrich masterfully uses composition and mood to encourage reflection on life's impermanence and humanity’s smallness in the face of nature's grandeur.